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` Patented Nov. 13, 1883.

leakage, and it consists in the arrangement Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

l declare the following to be a full,

exact description of the invention, such as` `WILLIAM H. HEDGES OE NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

FAUCET.

SPECIFCATIONformng part of Letters Patent yNo. 288,334, dated November 13, 1.883. i M H Application le December 26,1882. (Nomodcl.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern: l

.f Be it known that I, WLLTAM H. HEDeEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex andState of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets;` andI do hereby clear, and

will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being'had tothe accompanying drawing, and to letters of reference `marked thereon. which `form a part of this specification.

p The object of this invention `is to more perfectly pack,` a faucet-spindle to prevent and combinations of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and as will be embodied inthe claim.

`Referring to the accompanying drawing, which represents my improved device in side elevation, a is the faucet-body, b the spindle whereby the plunger is screwed down on its seat, and m isa cap formed and arranged to be screwed upon said body andlallow the spinldle a passage therethrough. The under side of said cap isv recessed or hollow above the the walls of the recess being 30 screw-thread to form astuffing-box, as shown, preferably into compress the clined or curved, as shown,

spindle when the said cap packing around the is screwed down. The spindle bis formed `with theiiange 7i, which bears against the upper wall or head of the recess and prevents an upward `movement of the spindle when the set forth and shown. In testimony that' I claim to bear against its seat.

Within the stufng-box of the cap is arranged the packing o, formed of any suitable` material, and beneath said packing is placed a washer, d, sufliciently broad -to lie between the top of the faucet-body and a shouldernz,

which forms the lower edge of the recess. Said washer is thus adapted to force the packing into place in said recess 'or bX when the cap is screwed down. may be arranged the packings e andi andthe collar g, resting on the shoulder h, formed in the faucet-body, which collar. holds the packf ing e i closely against the spindle.

The device thus constructed provides a more perfect obstruction `to the water without the necessity offorminga boX on the top of the cap, as has been done in some cases heretofore.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent,

.The combination, with the faucet-body a, spindle b, and cap m, of an upper packing, c, arranged in the cap m, and a lowerpacking, e fi, the two said the metal washer d, all substantially as herein the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand December, 1882. i

' p WILLIAM H. HEDGES. y Witnesses: y y CHARM-3s H. PELL,

F. F. CAMPBELL plunger is brought 45 Beneath said washer is or 6oA packings being .separated by this 14th day of 65` 

